Project Venezuela () is a
center-right
Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalis ...
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
.
At the
legislative elections, 30 July 2000, the party won seven out of 165 seats in the
National Assembly of Venezuela
The National Assembly () is the federal legislature of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, which was first elected in 2000 under the 1999 constitution. It is a unicameral body made up of a variable number of members, who are elected by a ...
. The legislative elections of 2006 were boycotted by the party. The leader is
Henrique Salas Römer who was a Presidential Candidate in the
1998 elections.
Its current president is Salas Römer's son,
Henrique Salas Feo, former governor of
Carabobo
Carabobo State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela, located in the north of the country, about two hours by car from Caracas. The state capital city is Valencia, which is also the country's main industrial center. The state's area is and ...
. It is a full member of the
International Democracy Union
The International Democracy Union (IDU; known as the International Democrat Union until September 2023) is an international alliance of centre-right to right-wing political parties. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, the IDU consists of 84 fu ...
(IDU).
For the 2017 and 2018 elections, the party withdrew from participating, saying that the
CNE's process was too demanding.
References
Political parties in Venezuela
International Democracy Union member parties
Christian democratic parties in South America
Christian democratic parties in Venezuela
Political parties established in 1998
1998 establishments in Venezuela
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